Two Vito Lopez sexual harassment victims file lawsuits in state and federal courts against Lopez and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver

Assemblyman Vito Lopez was forced to resign his Assembly seat in scandal last month after a state ethics commission found that he groped and harassed eight young female staffers. Two of those women are now suing him and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in state and federal courts

FORMER Assemblyman Vito Lopez was so depraved that he suggested a young female staffer have sex with a Cuomo administration official to help get a housing bill passed, a shocking federal lawsuit alleges.

On another occasion, he offered to take the woman, Victoria Burhans, 27, on a tour of the governor’s executive mansion in Albany — but only if she agreed to stay overnight for a “naked” romp in what he called a “Lincoln Bedroom” situation.

The blockbuster lawsuit filed by Burhans and another former Lopez staffer, Chloe Rivera, 25, does not name the “senior member” of the Cuomo administration whom Lopez allegedly wanted Burhans to sleep with.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, is facing the first lawsuit to emerge from the Vito Lopez sexual harassment scandal. He has apologized for his handling of the matter

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A source said the housing bill referenced in the suit sought to renew a tax abatement for condos and co-ops that was set to expire. The bill eventually passed.

Cuomo administration spokeswoman Melissa DeRosa said both scenarios outlined in the suit “couldn’t be more absurd.” And a Cuomo source said no lawmaker has stayed in the governor’s mansion during the current administration.

Chloe Rivera, left and Victoria Burhans are suing Vito Lopez for sexual harassment in state and federal courts. They are also naming Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has apologized for mishandling earlier complaints.

A lawyer for the two women said there was no indication that anyone in the Cuomo administration was aware of Lopez’s schemes. It’s not clear why Lopez referred to the White House’s Lincoln Bedroom. In the 1990s, Bill Clinton let campaign donors stay there.

Burhans and Rivera filed two lawsuits Thursday, one in federal court and another in state court. The suits accuse Lopez of sexual harassment and charge that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) “aided and abetted” the sexual discrimination, creating a hostile work environment for them.

The Princess Suite inside the Governor's Mansion would have been sullied if Vito Lopez had his way, the lawsuit claims.

The suits mirror the scathing investigation released last month by the state’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics that detailed an unrelenting barrage of lurid, unwanted advances Lopez unleashed on as many as eight women who worked for him since 2010.

Burhans and Rivera are the first women to file suit against Lopez or the Assembly, more than a year after two other victims quietly received a $103,000 taxpayer-funded settlement without filing suit. Many of Lopez’s victims say they were groped, ogled and tormented, but Burhans was subjected to some of the most extreme behavior.

Vito Lopez allegedly offered to take a woman on a tour of the beautiful governor’s executive mansion in Albany — but only if she agreed to stay overnight for a 'naked' romp.

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She said she was pressured by Lopez into taking a trip with him to Atlantic City, where he kissed her, then repeatedly rubbed his hands up her thighs.

Lopez also frequently asked Rivera to massage his hands and required her to meet with him twice a week after work at bars and restaurants. “Lopez . . . used his public office to commit egregious acts of sexual harassment,” the lawsuit claims.

Assemblyman Vito Lopez denies wrongdoing in the sexual harassment scandal but is now being sued for preying on two young women who worked for him

Lopez, who resigned from the Assembly last month rather than face expulsion, did not respond to a request for comment. Neither did his lawyer, Gerald Lefcourt.

Instead of slinking away after his resignation, the former Brooklyn Democratic Party boss is now running for City Council and circulating a new campaign flyer that leaves out his pervy past. The flyer instead touts his history of fighting for affordable housing and securing funds for seniors and schools.